34 Facts About Josh Akognon

Joshua Emmanuel Akognon was born on February 10,1986 and is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.

Josh Akognon played college basketball for the Washington State Cougars and Cal State Fullerton Titans.

Josh Akognon's father is a Baptist minister and his mother served as the minister of music at Village Baptist Church in Marin City, California.

Josh Akognon attended Casa Grande High School in Petaluma where he played organized basketball for the first time during his freshman season.

Josh Akognon averaged 30 points a game during his senior season.

Josh Akognon struggled during his freshman season with the Washington State Cougars and averaged 3.9 points per game.

Josh Akognon began his sophomore season as a starter but was relegated to a role off the bench.

Josh Akognon earned Pac-10 player of the week honors and followed that game with 25 points against the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavilion; most of the points came against Arron Afflalo.

Josh Akognon earned Pontiac Pac-10 Player Honors for his winning second-half performance against the USC Trojans.

Josh Akognon was voted the Pac-10's "Most Underrated Player" in an article that ran in Sports Illustrated.

Josh Akognon led the team in scoring despite coming off the bench most of the year.

Josh Akognon averaged 20.2 points a game and scored in double figures 28 of 31 games, making at least one three-pointer in all but two games, at least four three-pointers in 18 of 31 games and reaching 20 points in 17 of 31 games.

Josh Akognon reached the 30-point mark five times, including a 31-point effort in the NCAA Tournament against Wisconsin.

Josh Akognon doubled his career-high in steals and reached 1,000 points for his college career.

Josh Akognon announced on April 18 he was making himself eligible for the NBA Draft; after testing the waters and holding his own against some of the top 2008 draft prospects, Josh Akognon decided on June 16 to return to the orange-and-blue for his senior season.

Josh Akognon broke the single season scoring record of former Titan and US Olympian Leon Wood with 764 points, finished seventh overall in Titan history with 1,411 points and established a two-year scoring record for his exploits.

Josh Akognon was named to the NABC All-District 9 First Team, the only Big West player named to the team this year.

Josh Akognon ended the season with the longest current streak in the nation of 44 games with a made three-pointer.

Josh Akognon finished his college career with 1,805 points and 335 three-pointers.

Josh Akognon set a Big West Tournament scoring record with 37 points in a first round win over UC Riverside that included 9 three-pointers.

Josh Akognon reached double figures in 36 of 37 games, reached the 20 point mark twenty-two times, the 30+ point mark 6 times, and has had two 41 point games.

Josh Akognon was one of 50 players on the early season watch list for the James Naismith Award, and named to the early season list for the Bob Cousy Award.

Josh Akognon scored in double figures every game and had 18 20-point games, 12 30-point games, 4 40-point games and a career-high 54 point effort.

Josh Akognon led Dongguan to a first-round victory in the CBA playoffs before falling to rival Guangdong in the semifinals.

In 3 games with the Charge, Josh Akognon averaged 16.0 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 23.7 minutes of playing time.

Josh Akognon joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2012 NBA Summer League.

Josh Akognon played for nearly four minutes and recorded 2 points and 1 assist.

The third game that Josh Akognon played for the Mavericks at the end of the 2012 - 2013 season was the final game of his NBA career.

Josh Akognon joined the Mavericks for the 2013 NBA Summer League, but was waived by the Mavericks on July 21,2013.

On December 8,2015, Josh Akognon returned to China, this time with the Jilin Northeast Tigers.

On October 2,2016, Josh Akognon signed a one-month deal with Baskonia of the Liga ACB.

Josh Akognon was part of the Nigeria national basketball team that competed in the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

Josh Akognon played at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was one of the team's leaders with averages of 10.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

Josh Akognon is married to Ariana Scales who played on the Washington State Cougars women's basketball team.